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Whale Rider (Special Edition) DVD

PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) :: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment :: Released: 2003-10-28

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Whale Rider (Special Edition) Summary There Is A Legend That Paikea Rode On The Back Of A Whale And Led His People To New Zealand. Since That Time Tradition Has Decreed That The First-born Male Descendant Will Become Chief Of The Tribe. Then Pai Is Born...and She Is A Girl. She Grows Up Within A Close-knit Village Which Retains The Tribes Traditional Spiritual Relationship With The Sea And Their Warrior Values. Although Loved By All, Pai Faces Rejection From Her Grandfather, Koro, Who Is Brokenhearted That There Is No Grandson To Carry On The Line.

One of the most charming and critically acclaimed films of 2003, the New Zealand hit Whale Rider effectively combines Maori tribal tradition with the timely "girl power" of a vibrant new millennium. Despite the discouragement of her gruff and disapproving grandfather (Rawiri Paratene), who nearly disowns her because she is female and therefore traditionally disqualified from tribal leadership, 12-year-old Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes) is convinced that she is a tribal leader, and sets about to prove it. Rather than inflate this story (from a novel by Witi Ihimaera) with artificial sentiment, writer-director Niki Caro develops very real and turbulent family relationships, intimate and yet torn by a collision between stubborn tradition and changing attitudes. The mythic whale rider--the ultimate symbol of Maori connection to nature--is also the harbinger of Pai's destiny, and the appealing Castle-Hughes gives a luminous, astonishingly powerful performance that won't leave a dry eye in the house. With its fresh take on a familiar tale, Whale Rider is definitely one from the heart. --Jeff Shannon

Whale Rider DVD Techincal Details Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 101 mins
UPC: 043396022720
Binding: DVD
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2003-10-28
Region Code: 99
Specs: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround),